Budget 2024: Small businesses call for government to ‘significantly increase’ relief to prevent closures | Politics News
Small businesses have called for the government to "significantly increase" the employment allowance to prevent them from having to shut down following the budget.Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to raise national insurance contributions paid by employers - despite promising not to increase the tax "for working people" - to help fill a £40bn black hole during the Labour government's budget on Wednesday. The government has also already announced the national living wage, the minimum someone aged 21 and over can…